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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1914 
foliis usque ad 20 cm longis, foliolis 5, ovatis ad oblongo-ovatis, 5 
ad 12 cm longis, subcoriaceis, nitidis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis 
vel leviter cordatis, nervis utrinque circiter 5, prominentibus ; in- 
florescentiis paniculatis, terminalibus, quam folia longioribus; 
floribus 7 mm longis ; leguminibus oblongis, 8 ad 12 cm longis, 2 
cm latis, chartaceis, apice subrotundatis, extus adpresse ferru- 
gineo-pubescentibus. 
A woody vine reaching a height of 30 m, younger part, nerves 
on the lower surface of the leaves, inflorescence, and pods more 
or less brown- or ferruginous-pubescent with short hairs. 
Branches terete, brown, glabrous. Leaves pinnate, alternate, 12 
to 20 cm long, petioles, rachis, and petiolules somewhat pubescent ; 
leaflets 5, exstipellate, ovate to oblong-ovate, subcoriaceous, when 
dry pale, shining, entire, apex somewhat acuminate, base rounded, 
sometimes obscurely cordate, 5 to 12 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide; 
lateral nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
somewhat curved-ascending, anastomosing, reticulations prom- 
inent, lax; petiolules 5 to 9 mm long. Panicles terminal, rather 
narrow, 25 cm long or more, dark brown-pubescent, many 
flowered. Flowers pink, rather crowded on the ultimate branch- 
lets, 7 mm long, their pedicels not fascicled, nodes not thickened, 
the bracteoles oblong-ovate, acuminate, 1.8 mm long, the pedicels 
about as long as the bracteoles. Calyx pubescent, 3.5 to 4 mm 
long, the upper two teeth nearly united, forming one broad some- 
what cleft tooth, the other three narrowly ovate, acute, 1.5 mm 
long. Standard 7 mm long and wide, orbicular-reniform, 
rounded, base somewhat cordate, the claw 2 mm long, narrowed 
downward; wings equaling the standard, claw slender, 2 mm 
long, limb oblong, 2.2 mm wide, obtuse, base with a decending, 
somewhat incurved auricle, the opposite margin somewhat 
ciliate ; keel as long as the standard, the limb oblong-ovate, some- 
what falcate, petals somewhat connate, base auricled on one side. 
Vexillary filament free, 4 mm long, the other 9 all fertile, united 
for the lower 5 mm, the free parts alternating long and short; 
anthers 0.5 mm long. Ovary pubescent, sessile or nearly so, 
pubescent, including the style 6 mm long, the style curved ; ovules 
2. Pods strap-shaped, chartaceous, thin, 6 to 16 cm long, 2 cm 
wide, apex broad, somewhat rounded, the valves somewhat retic- 
ulate, prominently pubescent with dark-brown, short, somewhat 
shining hairs; seeds 2, flat, thin, 2 cm long, 1 cm wide (imma- 
ture), situated in the middle part of the pod, not near the ends. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 818, 836 (type), the former 
in bud, the latter with mature flowers, in forests, altitude about 500 m, 
June, 1914. Basilan, Bur. Sci. 1611 U Reillo, September, 1912, in fruit. 
